Dorothy Rabinowitz writes in today's Wall Street Journal that Americans have lost their illusions about Barack Obama. Rabinowitz asserts that "illusions matter. Their loss is irrecoverable." I am afraid she is overly optimistic. We will need to continue to work to earn the respect of independents, people who are not enamored with either party. We are not going to change the minds of those who have enthusiastically supported Obama.
Update: I just read this piece by Morgan K. Freeberg, who says in many more words what I tried to say in the above paragraph. In addition to the liberals he writes about, though, I am referring to the quieter, perhaps less educated masses of people whom Obama can count on to have faith in him.
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